Birmingham City Council has indicated that the Austin Village Conservation Area will no longer be designated as such. Councillor Debbie Clancy has been working with local residents in the area for some years and Graham Knight has also become a supporter of the fight to ensure the area can keep its uniqueness.
The Birmingham Civic Society believes the area does have special architectural and historic interest and, as such, should be preserved - this can only be good news for such an important part of our local history.